After a run of losing seasons, the Bobcats found a new spark under Kinne, feeling primed to push for a College Football Playoff berth in 2024.
When Texas State coach G.J. Kinne learned the Bobcats were tabbed as the West favorite in the Sun Belt ’s preseason coaches poll, he finally felt back in his comfort zone.
Texas State football enters 2024 season in unfamiliar spot as frontrunners Texas State finished Kinne’s first season 8-5, notching the program’s first bowl victory to post the highest win total in the Bobcats’ 12-year history at the FBS level. With an array of weapons returning to Kinne’s high-flying offense, Texas State enters 2024 carrying the type of momentum the program has never met before, becoming a trendy pick to earn the Group of Five berth in the expanded College Football Playoff.
In college football, some questions are inescapable Running back Ismail Mahdi returns after rushing for 1,331 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, and the Bobcats bring back five of their top six receivers, led by Joey Hobert and Wilson . “I’ve been on a lot of championship teams,” Wilson said, “and I feel like this is a championship team.” The biggest questions will be on defense, where new coordinator Dexter McCoil takes over a unit that ranked 10th in the league by allowing 397.
Linebacker Owen Pewee working toward expanded role in UTSA defense Coryell wrote that the season ticket base has doubled this year, and the program will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly named UFCU Stadium prior to Texas State’s opener at 7 p.m. Saturday against Lamar. The Bobcats are also scheduled for a second ribbon-cutting ceremony this fall, with a $37 million renovation to the stadium’s end zone performance center on track for November. “You can feel the momentum.
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